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It’s Lagos, Nigeria — the late 70s. The hottest musician in Africa is Fela Kuti. His club he calls The Shrine. But it’s no ordinary club; and he’s no ordinary musician. He’s created a new kind of music, Afrobeat — pounding eclectic rhythms (drawn from music traditions around the globe) mixed with incendiary lyrics to [...]
The Pan African Art and Film Festival (PAFF) is considered America’s largest and most prestigious Black arts and film festival, regularly attracting over 200,000 visitors and holding annual screenings of more than 100 films made by and/or about people of African descent from the United States, Africa, the Caribbean, South America, the South Pacific, Europe [...]
Showcasing both feature and short films made by prominent as well as up-and-coming African-American filmmakers, the Hollywood Black Film Festival (HBFF) was founded in 1998 by its executive director, Tanya Kersey, in order to enhance the careers of emerging and established black filmmakers through a public exhibition and competition program. The festival’s goal is to [...]
This California African American Museum’s (CAAM) organized exhibition, The African Diaspora in the Art of Miguel Covarrubias: Driven by color, shaped by Culture, thoroughly explores the representations of people of African descent in the work of Mexican artist (1904 – 1957). Covarrubias moved to New York City at 19 and became friends with the intellectual elite [...]
This summer’s Jazz at the Bowl series continues it run on Wednesday, August 11, 2010 at 8PM featuring two titans of the blues……Bowl Hall of Famer B.B. King, reigning of blues master for over four decades, as fast and relentless as ever; and, leading off, Buddy Guy, a Chicago blues pioneer who influenced such legends [...]
The Los Angeles Philharmonic’s 2010 Hollywood Bowl Jazz Series begins Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 8PM with a compelling mix of African beats, dance and jazz. FEATURED ARTISTS: Nigerian Afrobeat superstars Femi Kuti & The Positive Force return with their explosive rhythms and invigorating dancing for a night that celebrates and explores the foundation and [...]
Owned by twin brothers Ron and Richard Harris, and named after their mother, Lucy Florence, the original Lucy Florence Cultural Center is a combination of art gallery, coffee house, and hang-out for the artistic-types – all wrapped up in warm atmosphere, vivid paintings, bright flowers on each table, and hospitality all around. In the heart [...]
A phenomenon since its inception in 1995, the San Francisco-based Robert Moses Kin (also known as RMK Dance Company) boasts a mix of sheer athleticism and visceral lyricism. The company’s mission is to produce work which speaks to what is specific and unique in human nature. The company performances are combination of athletic techniques, rhythmic complexity [...]
Located on Hollywood Boulevard and Vine, the fabled Hollywood Walk of Fame features a star for just about every famous African American film, music and television personality in modern times. Over 120 African Americans have been so honored, including (in alphabetical order): A – C Muhammad Ali, Debbie Allen, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, [...]
Some of the most influential thinkers, entertainers, and political leaders of our time gather each year to discuss the State of the Black Union during Black History Month. Presented annually in February by Tavis Smiley Presents, the symposium was created to educate, enlighten and empower America by bringing people together and engaging them in thoughtful [...]
Located in South Central Los Angeles, Fire Station No. 30 was one of only two stations (No. 4) in the city during the years of segregation (roughly 1920s to 1950s) where African Americans were allowed to work. Today, the newly restored building houses the African American Firefighter Museum, devoted to preserving the 100-year history of [...]
Located across the street from the historic Coca Cola Building on South Central Avenue, Los Angeles’ African American Firefighter Museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and promoting the heritage of African American firefighters, The museum is housed in the historic fire station #30, which because of segregation laws, was one of only two stations in Los Angeles where African Americans were allowed [...]
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